Name meaning & stats
Dalton
Dalton means “valley town”. 82,252 US babies since 1940, peak 1998.
What it means
“valley town”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1998
82,252 US babies were named Dalton between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Dalton (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Dalton is the main spelling
- Dalton 99%
- Dalten <1%
- Daltyn <1%
- Daltin <1%
- Dahlton <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1998)